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CALOTELEIA Wcstwood. 

 Trims. Loud. Ent. Soc, II, p. 5."), PI. 7, f. ID. 

 (Tyiio C. anro.niia Wcstw. ) 



Head tiaiisversc, sulxiuadrate, tlie fVoiis convex, tlie occiput rouud- 

 edly emargiiiated ; ocelli 3 in a triangle, the lateral close to the eye; 

 eyes large, oval, bare or faintly pubescent. 



AnteuuiiMnserted just above tlie clypeus, 12- jointed in both sexes; 

 in 9 clavate, tlie club .")- or Jointed, the last two funiclar joints usually 

 transverse or quadrate; in S tiliforni, long; the flagellar joints long, 

 cylindrical. 



Mandibles 3-dentate. 



Maxillary palpi J:-jointed; labial palpi 3- jointed. 



Thorax ovate, the i)rothorax scarcely visible from above, except at 

 the lateral corners; mesonotum usually entirely without furrows, 

 although occasionally witli 2 distinct furrows; scutelluin semicircular; 

 metathorax emargiuate and carinated along the sides. 



Front wings with the nuirginal vein short, punctiform or rarely half 

 the length of the stigmal; the stignial vein oblique, and usually end- 

 ing in a little knob; postniarginal vein very long, basal vein distinct, 

 rarely entirely absent. 



Abdomen long, fusiform, pointed at tip aiul narrowed at base; the 

 basal segment in the 9 with a horu extended forward over the meta- 

 thorax. 



Legs rather long, the fenu)ra and tibi;e subclavate; the tibial spurs 



1, 1, 1, the middle and hind pairs rathei- weak; tarsi long, the basal 

 joint several times longer than the second; claws simple. 



This genus was originally described by Prof. Westwood, from a sin- 

 gle specimen found embedded in Gum anime, in the collection of Eev. 

 F. W. Hope. The genus is not rare in South America and the West 

 Indies, and five species have been discovered in our fauna. 



It is closely allied to Baryconus Forster; but the marginal nervure" 

 is usually punctiform, or at least very short, and the petiole is longer 

 and more slender. 



TABLE OF SPECIES. 



Body pale 2 



Body black. 



Coxii; black, legs riifuns or brownisli-yellow. 



Three basal abdomiual segineiits longitudinally striated, the following smooth, 



polished C. striata, sp. nov. 



Two basal abdomiual segments striated; fust and second fnniclar joints very 

 long, slender; third and Iburth stouter, the third longer than thick; 

 the fourth (juadrate ('. iiKiDicMANXit. sp. nov. 



2. Brownish-yellow. 



Head pale, eoncolorous with the rest of the body. 



Abdonu-n banded with black or fuscous ('. cinttivkntkis Ashm. 



AbdouKui not banded; apex of hoin and tip of abdomen black or fuscous. 



('. laniMci.AAA Ashni. 

 Head black or fuscous C. maiu.attii, sp. uov. 



